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PATENT FFICE@ sABRAHAM MORRIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No'. 237,767, datedFebruary 15, 1881.

Application filed April 7, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ABRAHAM the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Lounges, of whichthe following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures l and 2 represent top views of myimproved bedlonnge, shown respectively in position for use as a loungeand as a bed. Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical transverse sections ot thedifferent positions, respectively on lines x m and y y, Figs. 1 and 2.Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the bedlounge, in which one section isshown in the act of adjustment; and Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views,showing a side and top view of the end socket of the lifting-lever.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improved bedlounge which can be changedwith great facility from a lounge to abcd, and vice versa; and theinvention consists of a vertically movable andl guided inner sectionwhich is raised or lowered by means of fulcrumed lever-frames, saidlevers being actuated by a laterally-movable section, which is guided indiagonal end grooves and along arc-shaped front guides of the end boardsof the supporting-frame, the laterally-movable section being iinallylocked into recesses of the main frame. For returning thelaterally-movable section it is iirst moved up again along the frontguides, lowering simultaneousl y therewith the vertically-movablesection, and then backward and downward along the diagonal end guides,so as to inclose the end boards and inner section. The outer section isprovided with a railing having stays with slotted ends connected toguide-staples, so as to be set into upright or downward position, beingretained in the latter by spring catches ofthe lounge-frame.

Referringl to the drawings, A represents the supporting-frame of myimproved bed-lounge, Within which is arranged a vertically-movableinterior section, B. This section is guided by means of end recesses onvertical guide-posts a a, and supported on projecting pins b b of twolever-frames, C, at each end ot' the interior section, B. Eachlever-frame C is composed of two arms, b b', which are fulcrurned t-over- MoRRIs, of

tical supports d d, the end ot` one lever, next to the fulcrum, beingslotted and connected with of outer diagonal guide-rails,ff, ofthe fixedend boards, A A', ofthelounge-frame A, the upper guide-rails having anarc-shaped projection,f, as shown in Figs. et and 5.

y Along the diagonal guide-rails of the end boards, A A', is guided, bymeans of fixed pins g g, arranged at the lower rear corners, alaterally-movable outer section, D, which is supported at the front parton legs with cast-` ers. When this outer section is moved forward awayfrom the lounge-frame its rear part is carried up along the diagonalguide-rails until its corner pins, g, engage the recessed ends b2 of theelongated levers b b and cause, by pressing on the outer section, D, thedownward motion of the rear part of the section along the arc-shapedfront guides, g, ot' the end boards,A. Simultaneouslytherewith thelever-arms, and consequently the inner section, B, are moved upward bythe pressure on the elongated levers until the latter arrives at itsuppermost position, being then on a level with the outer section, thecorner pins of which have simultaneously arrived at the lower parts ofthe end boards, where the pins enter recesses h h, so as to lock therebynot only the outer sections but also the raised inner section rigidly inposition. The upward and downward motion of the outer section isfacilitated by the casters of its front legs. A hinged foot-board, B,ot' the inner section, B, is then thrown over the lower end board of thelounge. The bed-lounge is nowin position for use as a bed. For changingit back into a lounge, the foot-board is thrown up again. The outersection, D, is then slightly raised at the front, so as to release itsrear pins from the locking-recesses, and its rear parts moved up alongthe arcfshaped guides until the rear pins engage the diagonal guides ofthe end boards. The

outer section is then pushed back over the lounge-frame and innersection, which latter IOO has been returned into lowermost position bythe action of the lever-frames simultaneously with the upward motion ofthe rear part of the outer section along the arc-shaped front rails. Thesections are thus one above the other and the lounge is re-established.

The front board of the outer section, D, is provided with a railing, E,which consists of a longitudinal rail and two vertical stays, whichlatter are guided by slots at their lower ends along staples t' of thefront boa-rd. By swinging up the railing and then pushing the slottedstays down along the staples it is Iirmly held in vertical positionlalong the front board, while by lifting the railing until the lowerslotted ends of the stays can swing on the staples it can be swung downalongside of the front board, to be out of the way. It is in thisposition retained by front spring-catches, i', of the lounge-frame whenJthe outer section has been moved back over the inner section for use asa lounge.

The bed-lounge is readily changed from one position into the other, asthe dierent operations are performed one after the other. The guidingand supporting mechanism of the inner section is inclosed by the endboards of the main frame, the guides of which are again inclosed by theend walls of the outer section when the same is returned over the innersection. The lifting or lowering of the inner section is easilyaccomplished by the lowering or raising of the rear part of the outersection, and thus the bed-lounge quickly set for use as a bed or lounge,as required.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a bed-lounge, the combination of` a lounge-framehaving vertical end boards, and of an inner vertically-guided sectionsupported on lever-frames at the ends, with an outer section which islaterally guided on diagonal rails of the end boards, and adapted, bymeans substantially as described, to engage the leverframes of the innersection, so as to raise or lower the same by the lowering or raising ofthe outer section, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the lounge-frame A, having end boards, A', withdiagonal exterior rails, ff, and of a vertically-guided inner section,B, supported on fulcrumed lever-frames C, with a laterally-guided outersection, D, having rear corner pins, g, which pass along the rails, andare adapted to engage the leverframes, substantially as described.

3. In a bed-lounge, the combination of the vertically-guided innersection, B, and ot' the outer section, D, having rear corner pins, r1 g,with the supporting lever-frames G C, having elongated lever-arms b',with recessed ends b2, substantially as set forth.

4. In abcd-lou n ge, thecombination ofloun geframe A, end boards, A',having diagonal rails fj and arc-shaped front guide-rails, gf, and innersection,B,with the outersection, D, having rear corner pins, and withthe shorter leverarms and elongated and recessed arms b b of thelever-frames C C, to raise or lower the inner section by the lowering orraising of the rear part of the outer section, substantially as setforth.

5. In a bed-lounge, the end boards, A', having lower recesses, I1., andthe fulcrumed leverframes G of the inner section, B, the leverframeshavin g elongated arms with U-shaped and recessed front ends, incombination with the outer section, D, having rear corner pins to lockthe lever-frames and sections rigidly into outward position, asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signedmyrname, in presence of two witnesses, this 27th day of March, 1880.

ABRAHAM MORRIS. Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, ADOLF DENGLER.

